Hoity Toity Web Designers’ Look Down On You? Don’t Let Them …

Often you’ll find that a web designer who has spent 10 years in school will consider themselves to be a lot better than you. (Do you have 10 years of web design education? Well good for you … and stop reading now :)

After all, they have the sublime gift of education. They’ve been beaten up by their even-more-arrogant teachers for too long not to deserve to take that out on you.

But the fact is, it does not take 10 years in school to be a good web designer. All it takes is a little confidence, hopefully a little natural talent, and eyes and ears open to the world.

The best web designer is not the one who has some ridiculous genius plan to put together for their clients, but the one who can really listen to the client and try to solve their biggest problems, down to the details. When you are just starting, it’s going to take some effort. But you’ll get the hang of it before too long.

Learning the graphic design and coding (if that’s your cup of tea) can take time, but don’t let that stop you from getting new clients. It’s not the Michelangelo or Da Vinci who makes the client happy, it’s the down-to-earth person who hears what they are saying and tries to solve their problem.

Can you listen to a client and spend the time it will take to make them happy? I’ll bet you can.

And that’s going to do a lot more than an extensive education.

About the Author

Tim Norton started designing websites in his free time in 2005 and it soon became a major source of income for his family. He taught himself coding, graphics, and whatever else relates to designing great websites. Get in touch at 6Webdesign.